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  2. Andrews, Evan. “Eight Unusual Good Luck Charms,” History. Published 2/8/2018, https://www.history.com/news/eight-unusual-good-luck-charms.

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  6. Begbie, Harold. On the Side of the Angels, The story of the Angels at Mons: An Answer to “The Bowmen” (London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1915).

  7. Blondeau, Guillaume. “Mons”. In: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2017-02-10.

  8. “The British Engage Once More.” The Guardian. 8/26/1914, p. 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259137898/?terms=mons.

  9. Bull, Stephen. “No Man’s Land”. In: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2015-08-20.

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